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Aug 03, 2023silverthehedgehog rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
Overall, I quite enjoyed it. I like watching and reading things in regards to Soviet history, so seeing a big-budget film about WWII's deadliest battle, I had to give it a watch. It was definitely a visually stimulating watch, lots of war…
Jan 02, 2023steverino4 rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
The Russian counterpart to the earlier German film of the same name. Same pulverized streets and battered houses where vicious hand to hand combat goes on day after day. In the German film we saw the Third Reich digging its grave, in this…
Jun 06, 2022AndrewKSzabo rated this title 1.5 out of 5 stars
Terrible movie. Its such a shame that they made this garbage. I wish that they would have focused on something more historically accurate rather than propaganda.
Feb 18, 2020Moviereviewer rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
2014. This is a RUSSIAN movie that is dubbed into English. Quite well done but the super battle action special effects plus the "slo-mo" action photography like in "The MATRIX" and/or Chinese fight movies is distracting and also…
Aug 05, 2018archangel777 rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
This movie really shows the total brutality of the battle of Stalingrad. There are quite a few vicious close combat secenes that are really shows just how viscous street fighting is and how much each side hates the other. No quarter is…
May 18, 2018mustang351c rated this title 0.5 out of 5 stars
More pro-Stalinist propaganda than actual historical perspective. Bad CGI, bad acting, bad writing, questionable historical accuracy, average and formulaic plot outline. Too bad, it looks like the producers spent a lot of $$ on this thing.
Jul 29, 2016majormulatto rated this title 0.5 out of 5 stars
if you spend 20 hours a day playing computer games, you might like this. if you don't, find anything made by aleksei german sr. & see a different kind of russian war film. he only made 6 films & 2 of them are at the library. i guess i…
May 11, 2016
DVD will not play
Apr 16, 2016jimg2000 rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
An excellent WWII action drama as a handful of Russian soldiers were ordered to stall the advance of a large company of German army at Stalingrad. Amid the deadly chaos of war, there were a whole host of poignant stories on soldiers and…
C20T11
Mar 21, 2016C20T11 rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Terrific Movie.!
harrybrowne
Jul 07, 2015harrybrowne rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Visually stunning film, beautifully directed and photographed. Real sets, buildings and people. Strangely lush and romantic score by the very talented Angelo Badalamenti. Also, very graphic and gruesome, yet often touching and…
Jun 05, 2015OpusTheFowl rated this title 0.5 out of 5 stars
I want to warn anyone with an ounce of military knowledge: do not waste your time with this. Absolutely horrible in almost every way (the sets were actually pretty good though). It makes Enemy at the Gate look like a master piece of…
hswager
Jan 20, 2015hswager rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
This is a great war movie if you like movies where stuff blows up. There are clear good guys and bad guys. The costuming and CGI are accurate. Lots of Nazi tanks and planes blow up in majestic fireballs. It has a simple…
taxtherich
Nov 10, 2014
Skip this movie. At best this is post-soviet propaganda for the generation of Putin and at worst this is a directors attempt to make a martial arts styled WW2 movie. The plot line is more thin than your typical hollywood film and the…
Oct 26, 2014john_doh17 rated this title 1.5 out of 5 stars
It kind of reminded of a comic book. The narration was rather cheesy. Also the beginning with the link to the tsunami in Japan seems a bit of a stretch. The guy would be 67 years old. Would they really send a guy that old? The action was…
Sep 27, 2014pfcpat2 rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
I enjoyed this movie and found it to be fairly accurate as to the battle of Stalingrad. The movie is just a microcosm of the larger conflict. This makes the war very personal.
Sep 18, 2014jaqmartial rated this title 2 out of 5 stars
Suggest you watch in Russian with subtitles.. Acting is horrible.. Was most likely filmed during a volcanic eruption...ashes everywhere!!!... Fortunately my DVD stopped after 69 minutes...gave me the opportunity to not watch the…
bears1985
Aug 17, 2014bears1985 rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
Ok the concept is great visually great acting was horrible along with the dubbed dialog reminds me of old Japanese Kung fu movies!! The way it starts is like no other movie I thought it was the wrong movie any way I think it enjoyable give…
Jul 03, 2014
Two historical references: ...... “Allies at War : the Soviet, American and British Experience, 1939-45” ... by ... David Reynolds .... Warren F. Kimball .... A.O. Chubarian .... published Palgrave Macmillan .. 1994 ... hc .... ISBN-10:…
kevfarley
Jun 21, 2014kevfarley rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
This film has little historical documentary value,.. but its interesting to see how the Russians make an action-war movie. The English dubbing is O.K.,.. but click on the English subtitles when the Nazis are speaking Germain (or you'll be…